Businessmen urge govt to work for economic revival

ISLAMABAD: After resignation of Pervez Musharraf as the president of Pakistan, the business community on Tuesday said now it was the proper time for the government to divert all its energies to fulfil the pledges made to the people and give top priority to the economic revival.

President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Muhammad Ijaz Abbasi, in a meeting Tuesday termed the resignation of Musharraf as a wise decision he chose in the prevailing situation to avoid further confrontation between different pillars of state.

The country was confronting serious challenges like poverty, unemployment, inflation, economic downturn etc and these challenges call for urgent measures to put the country back on track of development and prosperity.

Due to political uncertainty, foreign investors had been reluctant to invest in Pakistan while the country badly needed investment to cope with the economic challenges. Since the last several months the country’s economy had been facing huge difficulties and the capital markets were witnessing a downward trend.
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What do you think has to happen, or what indicators have to be in place, before international investors will be attracted to Pakistan?

Where do you think foreign investment will appear? Verses - Where do you think it would be most useful?

What can you imaging are strengths that Pakistan can capitalize on in order to develop an economic revival?
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